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Jefferson township, Wayne County, MO

98 Population
37.7 square miles 2.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 48.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,895 ±$12,347 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $24,204 ±$1,788
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

62.2% ±46.3% (61  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 25.7% † 2,741 (±6.1% / ±653)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

56 ±43 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 4,623 ±296
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.3 (98  ±77) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 10,675 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

56 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 6,119 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

74.5% ±32.2% (73  ±65.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 81.7% 6,573 (±5.8% / ±466.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

19.4% ±24.2% (19  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 9.2% † 805 (±1.4% / ±121)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±28 19 Male ±28 N/A Female ±12

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